Eating Well - Beaming with Health

90 The Commonsense Guide to Eahg WeZi
dishes. Tahini makes a very nice spread on bread: try substituting
it for butter on salad sandwiches.
SUNFLOWER SEEDS
Sunflower seeds taste good on their own or thrown on top of
salads. A delicious snack is to toss a handful of sunflower
seeds onto a heated cast-iron pan, move them round a little
with a wooden spoon so that they brown but do not burn.
Just as they begin to brown pour in a tiny amount of low-salt
soy sauce. Take off the heat immediately. Cold-pressed sunflower
oil contains good quantities of essential fatty acids.
WALNUT
Walnuts are the most nutritious of nuts with plenty of vitamin
E, calcium, iron and zinc. Walnuts have been found to lower
cholesterol levels.
Herbal tea
As a herbalist I generally prescribe herbal tinctures or tablets.
For some conditions, however, nothing beats a herbal tea,
because of the release of therapeutic volatile oils, which are
not available to the same extent from tinctures or tablets. I
rely on teas such as buchu, cornsilk and uva ursi for urinary
tract problems. Fenugreek and golden rod are good for mucus
congestion such as sinusitis. Tea made from catmint, passionflower
and hops is excellent for sleeping. Herbal concoctions
of burdock, echinacea and red clover teas are terrific blood
purifiers; good for skin problems like pimples and eczema.
Herbs have been used as medicine for as long as plants
and humans have been together on earth, and some herbs are
pretty potent. Just as you wouldn't take Aunt Martha's heart
pills a couple of times a day because you like the taste and